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he.who.forgets
he.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
edited October 2013 in All Encompassing Trip
Is there any hope for us??? This team is gonna give me a heart attack before the year's over
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  • InsideMan
    InsideMan Posts: 261
    The Braves have forgotten how to play baseball. A season of renewed hope is quickly fading.
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  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,224
    hope in winning the East, I have to say no....down 5 with 10 to go doesn't look good unless we can somehow beat the Phillies tonight and sweep them to end the year, but even then we need some other help

    I think there's a good shot at the wild card if we can go 7-3 to end the year....

    all in all, the year is better than I expected...I was thinking we'd be right around .500 and not even contending for a spot in the post-season
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,436
    markymark550 wrote:
    hope in winning the East, I have to say no....down 5 with 10 to go doesn't look good unless we can somehow beat the Phillies tonight and sweep them to end the year, but even then we need some other help

    I think there's a good shot at the wild card if we can go 7-3 to end the year....

    all in all, the year is better than I expected...I was thinking we'd be right around .500 and not even contending for a spot in the post-season

    You underestimated your team to start with. They should've been a playoff contender.

    I don't know what McCann was thinking tagging on Victorino.

    I think they had some good luck with lack of injuries and good performances earlier in the season, and that's running out now. They should still be able to beat out SD for the wild card if they stop choking. Their best hope might be to let the Phils run away with the division so they rest the big 3 in the last series in ATL.
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  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,224
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    You underestimated your team to start with. They should've been a playoff contender.

    I don't know what McCann was thinking tagging on Victorino.

    I think they had some good luck with lack of injuries and good performances earlier in the season, and that's running out now. They should still be able to beat out SD for the wild card if they stop choking. Their best hope might be to let the Phils run away with the division so they rest the big 3 in the last series in ATL.
    There's no doubt I underestimated the team to start out. But like the saying goes, it's better to be pleasantly surprised than bitterly disappointed ;) There were quite a few reasons though:
    1) I hated the Vazquez for Cabrera trade. The only way this trade works out is if Arodys Vizcaino lives up to expectations, but that's not a certainty.
    2) I didn't particularly like signing Glaus. I was eating crow through mid-July, then he just completely disappeared. I thought our first baseman was playing at AAA Gwinnett the whole year (Freeman). I know some people said he wasn't ready, but his AAA stats don't show that.
    3) We've got a good, young group of core players, but I thought they still needed a bit more experience before they broke through and won the division or earned a wild card.
    4) We had to rely on role players stepping up and having big years. For the most part that's happened with guys like Infante and Prado, but having to rely on that is definitely uncertain at the beginning of the year.
    5) Kenshin Kawakami - enough said
  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,224
    All that said, I do think the future is bright for the Braves. If the young guys keep progressing, we should be contenders for the next few years. Plus, we've got a good farm system in place with some prospects that I think will turn out to be some pretty good MLB players.




    Now if we can just find a way to get the WC....
  • BLACK35
    BLACK35 Hanover, Ontario Posts: 22,980
    I still remeber when the BlueJays killed them back in the early 90's (twice),then to go on and win back to back World Series :D
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,436
    BLACK35 wrote:
    I still remeber when the BlueJays killed them back in the early 90's (twice),then to go on and win back to back World Series :D

    Blue Jays beat Braves in 6 in '92, last game in extra innings. They beat the Phils in 6 in '93, last game on, well, you know. I wouldn't say they "killed" anyone.
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  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    When we first moved from Milwaukee here to Atlanta in 91 the Braves were doing awesome...the 90's were unbelievable! It was special also that they had come from Milwaukee too!
    I watch occasionally, my daughter is a big fan, going to a lot of the games.
    It's Bobby's last year, I hope they can do it for him, he deserves that...."he's a good kid'... :D
  • The Juggler
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  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,224
    .5 game lead over the Giants for the Wild Card with 9 games left

    hopefully they can remember how to hit and sweep the Nats...
  • neilybabes86
    neilybabes86 Posts: 16,057
    guys you don't stand a chance of beating the phils in the playoffs
    i post on the board of a band that doesn't exsist anymore .......i need my head examined.......
  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,224
    neilybabes86 wrote:
    guys you don't stand a chance of beating the phils in the playoffs
    right now we just need to concentrate on actually making the playoffs



    when/if that happens, we'll worry about the Phils if both Atl and Philly win their divisional series
  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    I am not a braves fan but i am a sympathizer.
    I watch baseball all the time so living in Atlanta with Peachtree TV, Fox Sports South, etc pretty much every game is on TV. I have been to 10 games this year at Turner field so between in person and on tv i know the team pretty well.

    If the Wild Card ends in a tie with San diego or San Francisco the Braves will host the win and in game on October 4th.

    If it comes to that it will be very exciting. The braves would probably move Tim Hudson's start up a day and he would pitch that game on short rest. Hudson is my favorite pitcher in the majors right now. Always been a fan.

    PS I root for the braves also for selfish reasons. If they make it they have a shot at the world series and possibly a date with the yankees. I could at least see games one and two at turner field :D
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  • Yellow Ledbelly
    Yellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    he.who.forgets wrote:
    Is there any hope for us??? This team is gonna give me a heart attack before the year's over
    The Braves have turned into the METS!!!!!
    The poor fella in my office has been bellyaching about their pending demise for weeks now. Looks like they'll be damn lucky to get in at all now.
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • Porchsitter
    Porchsitter Loganville, GA Posts: 1,092
    Yellow Ledbelly wrote:
    he.who.forgets wrote:
    Is there any hope for us??? This team is gonna give me a heart attack before the year's over
    The Braves have turned into the METS!!!!!
    The poor fella in my office has been bellyaching about their pending demise for weeks now. Looks like they'll be damn lucky to get in at all now.


    Take that back! The Mets just touch the edge of mediocrity, then fall back. At least the Braves make a show of it. ;)
    We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.--Bill Hicks
  • Yellow Ledbelly
    Yellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    Porchsitter wrote:
    Yellow Ledbelly wrote:
    he.who.forgets wrote:
    Is there any hope for us??? This team is gonna give me a heart attack before the year's over
    The Braves have turned into the METS!!!!!
    The poor fella in my office has been bellyaching about their pending demise for weeks now. Looks like they'll be damn lucky to get in at all now.


    Take that back! The Mets just touch the edge of mediocrity, then fall back. At least the Braves make a show of it. ;)
    While you do make a solid point, I will not take it back just because the Mets have had some collapses of near monumental proportions in recents years if I am not mistaken. :D
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • Porchsitter
    Porchsitter Loganville, GA Posts: 1,092
    Yellow Ledbelly wrote:
    While you do make a solid point, I will not take it back just because the Mets have had some collapses of near monumental proportions in recents years if I am not mistaken. :D


    True, but I wouldn't characterize the Braves' recent failure as a "collapse of monumental proportions." When your team is missing its' All-Star third baseman and half the pitching staff is going down with injuries so late in the year, there's not much you can do. When you have to call up minor leagues pitchers to cover down on injuries, it's going to be difficult to win those games.

    Now, when it comes to the bats, that's another story altogether. ;)
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  • Gary Carter
    Gary Carter Posts: 14,077
    Yellow Ledbelly wrote:
    While you do make a solid point, I will not take it back just because the Mets have had some collapses of near monumental proportions in recents years if I am not mistaken. :D
    least the mets can actually sell out playoff games and have fans that care bout the team unlike braves fan

    and yes the braves did choke this season

    whata great send off for bobby cox




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  • darthvedder81
    darthvedder81 Posts: 688
    Remember when the Twins kicked your ass in 1991? God, that was great. Is Fonda still waving her hand around like an idiot?
    So this life is sacrifice...
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  • craigb
    craigb Posts: 806
    I'm bummed.

    It would be nice if we could at least go to the postseason...

    I mean...come on... it's Bobby Cox's last season!

    Let's win another for the old fella!
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